Spring Branch Education Foundation awards 81 scholarships

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Published 11:00 pm, Wednesday, May 21, 2014

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Graduating seniors and children of Spring Branch ISD employees received 1,000 scholarships from the Spring Branch Education Foundation. The scholarships were awarded Friday during the foundation's Bright Stars event at the Westin Memorial.City. less

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Eighty-one Spring Branch Independent School District seniors received scholarships at the Spring Branch Education Foundation (SBEF) 2014 Bright Stars of SBISD, Celebrating Academic Excellence awards program on May 16.

The inaugural event, hosted by SBEF and chaired by Casey Rowe, honored scholarship recipients as well as Teachers and Principals of the Year for 2012-13 and 2013-14.

“It is a privilege to recognize these seniors and educators. They are stand-outs who represent so many bright stars in Spring Branch ISD,” Rowe said.

“The evening is not just another opportunity to award higher education scholarships,” Warren Matthews, SBEF Scholarship Committee chair, said. “We publicly pay tribute to our seniors for their achievements, to the educators who have prepared our honorees for the next stage of their lives and to our community leaders and volunteers for their support and involvement in educating our youth.

“Spring Branch ISD has a goal to double the number of graduates who earn four-year or two-year degrees or technical certificates,” he said. “SBEF’s scholarship program supports that goal, one student at a time.”

Throughout the school year, Spring Branch ISD staff members contribute to the SBEF Employee Campaign, funding scholarships for SBISD graduates who are children of district employees. When employees were asked in August 2013 to contribute to SBEF’s 2013-14 Employee Campaign scholarship fund, they eagerly responded.

“The response was so great — that we awarded a $1,000 scholarship to every applicant a record 43 graduates. We are thrilled!” said Cece Thompson, SBEF executive director.

Employee Campaign Scholarships ($1,000)

Oksana Aviles, WAIS

Clementine Berranger, Stratford

Louis Birdsong, Stratford

William Collier, Stratford

Jonathan Alexander Colon, Stratford

Samuel Cordova, Stratford

Kelly Cuevas, Stratford

McGregor Dalton, Stratford

Fiona Fahey, Stratford

Alexis Frederick, Stratford

Arielle Garcia, Spring Woods

Kristine Tarae Gilpin, Memorial

Christopher Heiser, Spring Woods

Hector Hernandez, Spring Woods

Jacqueline John, Stratford

Adam Kassir, WAIS

Will Klussmann, Stratford

Christian McLane Ledgard, Memorial

Austin Lee, Spring Woods

Rachel Loving, WAIS

Jonathan Martinez, Stratford

Amy Mata, Stratford

Daniel McGuire, Stratford

Alexandria Miller, WAIS

Niall Miner, WAIS

Kaung Myat Minn, Northbrook

Brandon Montano, WAIS

Ernesto Najera, Spring Woods

Lorenzo Pacheco, Memorial

Jenny Payton, Stratford

Jacob Pennington, Stratford

Sergio Razo, Spring Woods

Riley Reese, Memoria

Christian Rice, Spring Woods

Domenique Rieder-Gasca, Memorial

Ashley Rodriguez, WAIS

Kylie Schaper, Stratford High School

Maria Paula Serrano, Stratford

Charles Matthew Shannon, Spring Woods

Leslie Solis, Northbrook

Shawn Taylor, Stratford

Andrew Whitten, Spring Woods

Ashley Wood, Stratford

Other scholarships were presented to SBISD graduates by individuals or organizations, funded through SBEF.

Community members who wish to support scholarship programs are invited to make tax-deductible donations to the Foundation and earmark it for that program. Call 713-251-2381 or visit sbef@springbranchisd.com for more information.